Tag: Lean Design
Lean Healthcare Success in Minnesota – And One Off Base Op-Ed
Here's an article that summarizes the pocket of Lean healthcare activity in and around Winona and LaCrosse, Minnesota:
"Waste reduction: Area health systems embrace lean...
What Does #Lean Flow Look Like in Healthcare? Check Out These...
It's easy for people to think that Lean is about cost-cutting. That would be wrong, but many people associate Lean with cost cutting.
Cost cutting...
Henry Ford & Hospitals, Nearly 100 Years Ago
My life and work takes me to interesting places. In late 2012, I was able to visit Japan for the first time, visiting the...
“It’s Gotten Political” in Saskatchewan Lean Healthcare. Of Course.
After some supporters of the Saskatchewan Lean healthcare efforts reached out to me, I've been trying to follow everything that's being said and written...
Like Lean: Hotels Involve Customers ala “Lean Design”
A few weeks back, USA Today published an article that made me think of some of the approaches being used by hospitals under the...
Seattle Children’s Hospital New Tower – From Cardboard to Reality
A new tower opened at Seattle Children's Hospital two days ago, built with "Lean Design" principles and methods, as this story describes:
Hospital design started...
Some Recent Interviews on Lean Healthcare & Kaizen
I was fortunate to have three interviews published in the past week, where I was talking about Lean Healthcare and Kaizen, so I thought...
Guest Post: The Time is Now for Lean-Led Hospital Design
Mark's note: Here is a guest post by my good friend Naida Grunden, author of two great books on Lean Healthcare.
America's 5000 hospitals face...
Show Instead of Tell – Lean Design for Factories or Hospitals
Last week, the New York Times published a piece called "Don't Just Talk About Change. Show It," written by Mick Wilz, an employee at...
Patient Participation in Lean Renews Her Faith in Health Care
Here is a nice story that's been in my blog's "to write about" inventory since late October: "Participation in Lean events has renewed my...
Article on Lean Design and Evidence-Based Design
I was quoted / interviewed in this piece that was published by daSILVEA Architects: "Re-thinking Healthcare: Improving Patient Care through Design." My friends Naida...
Lean Startup Conference Talk – Parallels to Lean Hospital Design
Although I blog most often about Lean healthcare, I know a good number of my blog readers are from the "Lean Startup" world who...
